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Distinguished in In re Stroughton Wagon Co., 231 Fed. 678, 145 C. C. A. 562, construing contract of sale of wagons contemplating resale as absolute sale, though attempting to reserve title in vendor, and denying recovery of property from trustee in bankruptcy.

Lien of mortgage having after-acquired property clause does not extend to automatic sprinkler system installed on mortgaged property under condi tional sale contract, void under Virginia law because unrecorded, where such system is to remain personal property under contract and its removal would not result in disintegration of property.

Approved in Union Naval Stores Co. v. United States, 240 U. S. 292, 60 L. Ed. 651, 36 Sup. Ct. 312, fact that purchaser has mortgage on crude and manufactured turpentine of trespasser which contains after-acquired property clause and covers other property, does not affect right to recover value of manufactured product derived from crude article taken from government land; Detroit Steel Cooperage Co. v. Sistersville Brewing Co., 233 U. S. 716, 717, 718, 58 L. Ed. 1170, 1171, 34 Sup. Ct. 753, tanks furnished to brewery under recorded contract of conditional sale and attached to realty are not subject to lien of prior mortgage, where their removal would not disintegrate property; G. W. Parsons Co. v. United States Fidelity etc. Co., 225 Fed. 255, vendor selling trenching machine to contractor under conditional sale contract, unrecorded, may recover from surety company taking possession and selling m achine under indemnity contract executed before purchase of machine; State Bank of Chicago v. Idaho-Oregon Light etc. Co., 219 Fed. 597, mortgagee of electric light and power company, under after-acquired property clause in mortgage has no greater right than mortgagor to additional transmission lines constructed by another company under agreement for retention of title until payment and with right to remove in case of default; Jeffrey Mfg. Co. v. Mound Coal Co., 215 Fed. 225, right of seller of machinery installed upon leased mining property under contract of conditional sale unrecorded is paramount to landlord's lien for rent, where removal of machinery will not disintegrate property.

232 U. S. 642-647, 58 L. Ed. 772, 34 Sup. Ct. 456, GARLAND V. WASHINGTON.

Due process of law does not require State to adopt particular form of procedure, so long as accused has sufficient notice of accusation and adequate opportunity to defend himself.

Approved in Butler v. Perry, 67 Fla. 412, 66 South. 152, upholding act of 1913, requiring able-bodied male citizens between ages of twenty-one and forty-five to work on roads and bridges, or to furnish substitute, or to pay fixed amount in lieu thereof.

Want of formal arraignment to second information for same offense does not deprive defendant of substantial right and is not denial of due process.

Approved in Badders v. United States, 240 U. S. 395, 60 L. Ed. 709, 36 Sup. Ct. 368, and Peterson v. United States, 213 Fed. 926, 130 C. C. A. 398, both following rule; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 343, 59 L. Ed. 986, 35 Sup. Ct. 582, rule of practice of Georgia court that defendant waives right to be present when jury renders verdiet by making motion for new trial is not denial of due process of law; Frank v. State, 142 Ga. 749, L. R. A. 1915D, 817, 83 S. E. 649, holding accused acquiesced in counsel's waiver of accused's presence in court at time of rendition of verdict by motion for new trial not including such ground; State v. Doucet, 136 La. 183, 66 South. 773, where accused is allowed to withdraw plea of not guilty for purpose of filing motion to quash and no new plea is entered, trial after overruling of motion is invalid; State v. Seals, 135 La. 605, 65 South. 756, 757, where reserved right to withdraw plea of not guilty was not exercised, filing of motion to quash did not operate to withdraw plea, especially where accused went to trial without objection.

Necessity of arraignment in criminal case. Note, Ann. Cas. 1915C, 1074.

Supreme Court, notwithstanding reluctance to overrule former decisions, is constrained to hold that technical enforcement of formal rights in criminal procedure sustained in prior decisions is no longer required in prosecution of offenses under present systems of law.

Approved in dissenting opinion in Scown v. Czarnecki, 264 Ill. 331, Ann. Cas. 1915A, 772, L. R. A. 1915B, 247, 106 N. E. 286, majority holding Woman's Suffrage Act of 1913, extending to women right to vote for certain officer of statutory origin, is not void because right to vote is limited to male citizens by Constitution, art. VII, § 1.

232 U. S. 647-665, 58 L. Ed. 776, 34 Sup. Ct. 452, GRANT BROS. CONSTR. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Errors of trial court, not involving anything fundamental or jurisdictional, which were not presented to appellate court, must be regarded as waived.

Approved in Magruder v. Drury, 235 U. S. 113, 59 L. Ed. 154, 35 Sup. Ct. 77, original objections to auditor's report allowing commissions to trustees of estate and decree of Supreme Court affirming report not brought forward in Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, cannot be made in Federal Supreme Court.

Defective petition, in action to recover penalties for violation of alien contract labor law, not alleging acts charged were knowingly done, may be regarded as amended to conform to facts, where trial is on theory that knowledge is essential and jury is so instructed.

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Approved in United States v. Chicago etc. Ry. Co., 228 Fed. 555, railroad is not chargeable with violation of alien contract labor law of 1907, where section foreman in debt to alien in Canada sent him money to pay traveling expenses and gave him work, where no other officer or agent knew of transaction or of alicnage; United States v. Great Northern Ry. Co., 214 Fed. 49, 130 C. C. A. 486, where trainmaster in North Dakota, in answer to inquiry from person in Manitoba relating to procuring of work, sends pass and states that he may be able to use him, and employs him as brakeman upon his arrival, facts do not show railroad's knowl edge of alienage so as to subject it to penalty under Immigration Act of 1907.

232 U. S. 665-671, 58 L. Ed. 786, 34 Sup. Ct. 476, STEWART v. MICHIGAN. Soliciting orders for goods to be brought from another State and delivery of goods to purchasers from cars is interstate commerce.

Approved in City of Lee's Summit v. Jewel Tea Co., 217 Fed. 966, 133 C. C. A. 637, enjoining enforcement of municipal ordinance imposing license tax on venders of teas and coffee against tea company of Illinois soliciting orders in city in Missouri and delivering goods through agent; Grand Union Tea Co. v. Evans, 216 Fed. 795, holding New Jersey corporation soliciting orders for future delivery in Oregon and filling orders from factory in New York is engaged in interstate commerce, and not subject to Oregon peddlers' law; State v. Littlefield, 112 Me. 216, 91 Atl. 946, accused soliciting orders in State to be filled by persons outside of State and delivering goods from car to partics ordering them is engaged in interstate commerce and is not subject to license tax imposed by Revised Statutes, c. 45; Marconi Wireless Tel. Co. v. Common wealth, 218 Mass. 566, Ann. Cas. 1916C, 214, 106 N. E. 313, foreign corporation tax law of 1909 imposing excise tax upon foreign corporations does not apply to those engaged exclusively in foreign or interstate commerce; Marconi Wireless Tel. Co. v. Commonwealth, 218 Mass. 569, Ann. Cas. 1916C, 214, 106 N. E. 315, foreign corporation maintaining office in State solely for conduct of interstate commerce is not subject to tax imposed by foreign corporation tax law of 1909; Western Oil Refining Co. v. Dalton, 131 Tenn. 339, 341, 174 S. W. 1141, oil company having principal place of business and barrel factory in Indiana and oil refinery in Illinois soliciting orders in State and shipping tank-car and car of barrels into State to fill orders is engaged in interstate commerce and not subject to tax imposed by Laws 1909, c. 479, § 4.

State taxation of business of taking orders for foreign goods or services as attempted regulation of interstate commerce. Note, Ann. Cas. 1916B, 496.

232 U. S. 671-681, 58 L. Ed. 788, 34 Sup. Ct. 469, RILEY v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Massachusetts statute of 1909 limiting hours of labor of women in factories is not void as depriving employer of property without due process or as infringement of freedom of contract.

Approved in Miller v. Wilson, 236 U. S. 381, L. R. A. 1915F, 829, 59 L. Ed. 631, 35 Sup. Ct. 342, upholding California statute of 1911 limiting hours of women to eight in specified occupations, including hotels, and exempting certain other occupations from its operation; Bosley v. McLaughlin, 236 U. S. 394, 59 L. Ed. 636, 35 Sup. Ct. 345, upholding California statute of 1913 limiting hours of women in specified employments including hospitals to eight in day or forty-eight in week; State v. Dominion Hotel, 17 Ariz. 273, 274, 275, 151 Pac. 960, 961, upholding provision of Penal Code of 1913, § 717, prohibiting employment of women for more than eight hours in specified occupations including hotels; Commonwealth v. Boston etc. Railroad, 222 Mass. 209, 110 N. E. 265, holding void statute of 1914 limiting hours of men employed in railroad station to nine, whose work does not concern safety of traveling public; Commonwealth v. Karvonen, 219 Mass. 32, Ann. Cas. 1916D, 846, L. R. A. 1915B, 706, 106 N. E. 557, upholding statutes of 1913, c. 678, § 2, prohibiting carrying of red or black flag in parade, as applied to red flag with gilt letters indicating name of Socialist society; People v. Crane, 214 N. Y. 198, Ann. Cas. 1915B, 1254, 108 N. E. 442, upholding Labor Law (Consolidated Laws, c. 31), § 14, requiring employment of United States citizens only in construction of public works and requiring preference to be given to State citizens.

Constitutionality of statutes limiting length of day's labor. Note,
Ann. Cas. 1914D, 1265.

Legislative limitation of hours of labor. Note, 51 L. R. A. (N. S.)
362.

Validity of statute requiring weekly rest day for employees. Note,
Ann. Cas. 1916D, 1059.

232 U. S. 682-693, 58 L. Ed. 795, 34 Sup. Ct. 471, MISSOURI, K. & T. R. R. CO. v. WEST.

Not cited.

232 U. S. 694-700, 58 L. Ed. 802, 34 Sup. Ct. 468, SANTA FE CENTRAL RY. CO. v. FRIDAY.

District Court for territory of New Mexico has jurisdiction of action for injuries under Federal Employers' Liability Act of 1906.

Approved in Washington etc. Ry. Co. v. Downey, 236 U. S. 192, 59 L. Ed. 534, 35 Sup. Ct. 406, Federal Employers' Liability Act of 1906,

declared void as to States but not as to territories, is applicable in District of Columbia as local, not as general, law, and Federal Supreme Court has no jurisdiction under Judicial Code, § 250, cl. 6, to review judgment of Court of Appeals of District.

Supreme Court, in construing jurisdictional statute of territory, will not decide against local understanding of matter of purely local concern unless it is clearly wrong.

Approved in De Villanueva v. Villanueva, 239 U. S. 299, 60 L. Ed. 297, 36 Sup. Ct. 111, affirming judgment of Supreme Court of Philippine Islands rejecting demand for divorce in absence of clear error of courts below; Schmidt v. Bank of Commerce, 234 U. S. 66, 58 L. Ed. 1215, 34 Sup. Ct. 730, following rulings of territorial court of New Mexico in suit on promissory notes as to questions of pleading and practice, and assuming complaint was sufficient, and defenses of alteration, unauthorized filling of blanks, and failure to credit payments were not available because not suitably pleaded; Nadal v. May, 233 U. S. 454, 58 L. Ed. 1041, 34 Sup. Ct. 611, holding decisions of Supreme Court of Porto Rico and of Federal Supreme Court as to date that Civil Code of Porto Rico went into effect have become rule of property, in suit involving validity of title to land in Porto Rico.

232 U. S. 700–707, 58 L. Ed. 803, 34 Sup. Ct. 464, EBERLE V. MICHIGAN. Validity of local option statute cannot be impaired by subsequent adoption of amendments which are invalid.

Approved in State v. Walters, 135 La. 1076, 66 South. 367, Act No. 271 of 1910, relative to crime of kidnaping, is void because its purpose to amend and re-enact No. 86 of 1908 is not expressed in title, and its purpose to amend Revised Statutes, § 806, is not expressed either in body or title of act.

Michigan Local Option Act of 1889 is not void as denial of equal protection of laws.

Approved in Price v. Illinois, 238 U. S. 453, 59 L. Ed. 1406, 35 Sup. Ct. 892, upholding Illinois Pure Food Law of 1907 prohibiting sale of food preservatives containing boric acid; Gottstein v. Lester, 88 Wash. 512, 153 Pac. 613, upholding initiative measure No. 3 (Laws 1915, p. 2), prohibiting manufacture, keeping, sale and disposition of intoxicating liquors, excepting sales by druggists and pharmacists for medicinal and mechanical purposes.

Michigan Local Option Act of 1889 is within police power of State, and is not denial of due process of law.

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Approved in McClure v. Topf, 112 Ark. 348, 166 S. W. 175, upholding Act of 1913, p. 189, regulating issuance of liquor license; Gherna v.

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